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Business and society are inseparable and interdependent; therefore their interaction undergoes a profound public and scholarly debate on the issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Despite that currently many frameworks are being designed for CSR implementation, CSR still lacks an...
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The focus of this thesis is on whether or not it is possible to decouple economic growth from the physical growth of the economy and its associated negative environmental pressures and pollution. The thesis demonstrates that it is possible to achieve significant levels of decoupling of economic...
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In a developing country context, a policy to promote adoption of common environmental content for corporate codes of conduct (COCs) aspires to meaningful results on two fronts. First, adherence to COC provisions should offer economic benefits that exceed the costs of compliance; i.e., companies...
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This thesis investigates the application and implications of supply chain management as a modern management model in regulating corporate outsourcing activities within the Greater Pearl River Delta. Globalisation has accelerated the application of supply chain management as a mechanism to...
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Die Dissertation wurde mit der Zielsetzung verfasst, die Bedeutung von derivativen Finanzinstrumenten f?r die Jahresabschlusspolitik und -analyse darzustellen. These der Dissertation ist hierbei, dass derivative Finanzinstrumente und die mit ihnen verbundenen Chancen und Risiken ma?geblichen...
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Unternehmen werden angehalten einen freiwilligen Beitrag zu leisten, im Sinne von ökologischer und sozialer Nachhaltigkeit. Demnach können soziale Missstände beseitigt und auf umweltschonende Maßnahmen im betrieblichen Kreislauf geachtet werden. Durch den stattfindenden Wertewandel der...
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Purpose: To explore how corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be effectively built into firm strategy. Design/methodology/approach: By drawing upon classics work in the field, this paper first offers conceptual discussion and then systematically develops a means of incorporating CSR into...
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Direct tests between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm performance (FP) have been argued to be a futile pursuit. Following this line of thinking, the present study sought to test an alternative model in understanding the CSR-FP relationship. Specifically, reputation and customer...
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instrument used to identify such people in a 2008 survey of management behaviour among 346 managers in Australia. The robust … Psychopaths were defined as those managers who scored above 12 on a psychopathy measure of their behaviour. It investigated … employees and managers, they have a significant, negative influence on organisational outcomes. Corporate Psychopaths create …
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Scholars have paid considerable attention to studying the relationship between corporate social
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